Houston Astronomical Society

04/04/2026

If you missed our April Novice meeting on calendar systems, you can catch the recording here.

There is no easy mathematical relationship between the lengths of the solar day, the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the orbit of the Earth around the...

01/13/2026

If you missed our January General meeting, the announcements and club business can be found in this video. Stay tuned to the end where you'll get a link to the main presentation at the end of this video.

Houston Astronomical Society club announcements at the January 2026 General meeting.

09/04/2025

Come join us this Saturday at the beautiful Eastern Glades of Memorial Park for a star party!  Weather permitting, we will have several telescopes on hand for you to look through at some of the wonders of the night sky. 

06/16/2025

NASA released Cosmic Dawn for online viewing. Enjoy and share!

Go behind the scenes with the dedicated NASA team and its partners to uncover the untold story of the James Webb Space Telescope. "Cosmic Dawn" unveils the

05/08/2025

Come join us at Memorial Park for some stargazing this Saturday evening!

01/15/2025

Join us this Saturday for our first Memorial Park Star Party of the year!

11/03/2024

If you missed the great presentation on Nov 1 by Larry Mitchell about open clusters and asterisms, now's your chance to watch the recording.

Visually stellar open clusters and asterisms are unique as no two clusters are alike, and often stunning detail can be seen. This differs from observing man...

10/09/2024

Keep an eye out for Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the evening skies in the upcoming weeks!

A comet is a comin'!

Comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas

Scene in the west-southwest
40 minutes after sunset

Be sure to use binoculars!

Comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas engaged southern hemisphere skywatchers in mid to late September. It reached perihelion on Sep 27 as it entered deeper into the morning solar glare. How will it appear when it becomes more visible to northern hemisphere observers in the early evening after October 10? (Closest distance to Earth: 0.47 AU or 44 million miles is on Oct 12.)

Note:
• Brightness of coma.
• Length and curvature of dust tail.
• If an ion tail can be seen.

09/05/2024

The James Webb Space Telescope, in operation now for two years, has returned a huge amount of new astronomy data which have lead to some awesome insights into our universe.

Dr. Caroline Morely, Associate Proffessor at UT Austin has been using JWST to closely examine the atmospheres of exoplanets which orbit other stars. She will describe her work, and how JWST is making new discoveries possible, Friday Sept 6th at 7pm CT via Zoom.

Use the link below to register for the Zoom meeting.

09/05/2024

Saturn is well positioned for observing this month. Jupiter will be best positioned in December.

Please join us for the HAS Novice meeting (via Zoom) Thursday Sept 5th at 7pm. Chris Morrisette will help you learn more about these gas giant planets and how to observer them.

Use the link below to find out more and to register.

07/14/2024

If you missed Pranvera Hyseni’s talk about her efforts to build an observatory and planetarium in her native Kosovo with Astronomy Outreach of Kosovo, please watch it here:

https://youtu.be/hCoJfc6Xdu0

Over 20 years ago, a young girl living in Kosovo discovered astronomy and despite the chaos and brutality of the country’s war for independence was so taken ...

07/11/2024

Please join us for the July HAS meeting at 7pm CT Friday 7/11. Our guest speaker, Pranvera Hyseni will tell us how she and a dedicated team of volunteers and sponsors have successfully established a world class facility for astronomy outreach in her talk entitled “Bringing Astronomy and Science Education to Kosovo”.

HAS Monthly Meeting via Zoom - Friday July 12th at 7:00 pm CT “Bringing Astronomy and Science Education to Kosovo” By: Pranvera Hyseni Over 20 years ago, a young girl living in Kosovo discovered astronomy and despite the chaos and brutality of the country’s war for independence was so taken by...